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Study: Skin cancer detection apps ‘cannot be relied on’ for an accurate diagnosis
By Sophie Porter | 07:55 am | February 12, 2020
While recognising their potential, the authors have warned against their use in the current state.
Digital support helps UK GPs reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing, study shows
By Leontina Postelnicu | 03:01 am | February 14, 2019
The year-long study used EHRs from 79 GP surgeries in the UK contributing to the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.
JAMA, BMJ each call for more health app evidence
By Jonah Comstock | 09:51 am | April 20, 2015
Two of the biggest medical journals in the world have taken up some big picture mobile health questions this week: How are patients to know which medical apps work out of the sea of available options, and should healthy patients be making use of mobile health apps and devices at all? The first question is the subject of a recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, while the second is tackled in a point-counterpoint discussion in the British Medical Journal.